Devotional
Exit Row Ecstacy
I was in Sydney last weekend ministering at a youth conference. I booked return flights on 2 different airlines. Both flights, save for this bit of trivia, were, for differing reasons, abject disasters. Endless waits for baggage drops, security checks, flights and then baggage collection. Then, after finally arriving in my old stomping ground, when [...]
God’s Will™
Introduction I’m throwing my thoughts out here so to speak, but what do you think of when you think about “The will of God™“? Many Christian, both young and old have a continual struggle “discerning God’s will for their lives™“. They may spend a lot of time praying and seeking counsel and reading the Bible [...]
A Thousand Thanks
O for a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer’s praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of his grace! Charles Wesley wrote thousands of hymns and was certainly prolific in his praise. He wrote this hymn to commemorate the renewal of his faith after a crisis of doubt. The line “O [...]
Like A Boomerang
One time in uni speech class, I was assigned to give an instructional speech. My assignment was to teach the class to throw a boomerang. Easy work, if you know how to throw one. I didn’t. I remember practicing daily in the athletic field before sunrise. During this time, I discovered why you don’t throw [...]
I Will Not Forget Thee O Perth
By the time this blog is posted, Lord willing, we would have arrived home. Perth has been our arena of ministry these last couple of weeks, not to mention the place where we rediscovered winter. It has been interesting seeing our little boy Michael adjust to different surroundings. When he was just 10 days old [...]
Materialistic Society
It’s never enough. Not enough money, not enough time off, not fast enough transport, not a fast enough PC, not enough books, not enough games, not enough music, not enough friends, not enough time to yourself, not good enough health and so on. Our thirst is never quenched. Even “Christian” themed items become another idol. Not [...]
Cold but heart warming Perth
Our family have been in Perth for the last 10 days or so. We are here another week. When we arrived the overnight temperature dropped close to zero. Coming from warm Cairns we had the shock of our lives. It is the first time I have seen Michael’s lips turn blue. We are in Perth for [...]
The People God Chooses To Save
Susan Boyle was the 47-year old Scottish woman who applied to the TV show Britain’s Got Talent. When she presented herself, the judges and the crowd didn’t believe she could sing. She didn’t look like a singer. When she talked, she didn’t sound like a singer. Then she started singing. Susan Boyle was chosen as [...]
When Do People Change?
Whether saved or unsaved, we all tend to change the same way. It is usually when staying the same becomes intolerable. This may be a job change, relationship change, character change, etc etc. Such changes can of course be for good or ill. It is one thing to change a girlfriend but another thing to [...]
Sacrificial Service
I’m afraid this week’s scheduled follow up post will have to be postponed until next week. Up until recently I was co-teaching the men’s Sunday school at church. For our term we went through the book of Philippians and it was indeed a time of stretching in both the preparation of lessons and the application [...]
God Blesses Your Work For The Gospel
“He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.” I Corinthians chapter 3, verse 8 In church culture, it seems that the one who actually leads a person to Christ is the one who gets the most credit. In God’s eyes, the one who [...]
The country whence the shadows fall
Several years ago, Steven Mock shared a story with me from a book he’d been reading to his children. He spoke of a land full of shadows—shadows of a country more real than the one we now know. I went to the library and requested the book, The Golden Key by George MacDonald. You can [...]
